I am not from the area but this restaurant has some of the best food I've had in my life the…read moretomatoes were delicious and I don't even like tomatoes, same goes for the asparagus. The main course was a T-bone and the flavor of the meat was out of this world. 10/10 would recommend and would be lucky to eat here again.

Delicious tapas in crowded bar/restaurant. If you prefer to have a nice dinner and conversation,…read morecome a little earlier than the locals. This place gets crowded fast and gets very loud. It's a great atmosphere but you can forget about being able to hear the person across the table from you :)

Wait staff was extremely attentive. Dinner for two with bottle of wine, large salad, barbecue…read morechicken and digestive for under 50 euro. We visited prior for a cocktail and they told us to come back at 8:30. Spent three glorious hours there!

Delicious grilled meat We stopped at this restaurant…read moreopposite the Temple of Diana for dinner because it was the only restaurant with an open kitchen at 7:30 pm. The food was pretty good - we loved our goat's cheese salad and the abanico de Iberico (rib) which was delicious, moist and cooked to perfection. The prices are reasonable but you need to order sides as the sides that come with the meat are limited.

This boisterous little business is quite popular with the local crowd. On the morning we were there…read morethey were doing a brisk business serving fast moving crowds stopping by on their way to work for a coffee and a nosh. Everyone from shop keepers to the local constabulary were fueling up on delicious tostas and bollerias. Their menu hit all the basics in Spanish cuisine...but in Spain...the basics are all you need. Merida is worth spending a bit of time exploring....Bar Buhardilla is worth its share of your time too.